The Writers. A Sense of Ireland. New Work by 44 Irish Writers Selected and Edited by Andrew Carpenter and Peter Fallon. With Photographs of the Writers by Mike Bunn. Dublin: O’Brien, 1980. First Edition. Pp, 224. Black rexine boards in pictorial dust jacket. Spotting to half-title & title page, otherwise a good copy.

This copy Signed by twenty-five contributors at their respective contribution, including Jennifer Johnston, William Trevor, Michael Hartnett, Brian Friel, Peter Fallon, Eilean ni Chuilleanain, Eavan Boland, John Banville.

A unique assembly of the first appearance of work by forty-four Irish writers, including two Nobel Prize winners.